Quotes from Jenny Han

Jag undrade om det var så här gamla förälskelser dog. Att luften gick ur dem och sedan ... bara borta.

Why serve peanuts right out of the can, when we can put them in a nice bowl, right?" "Peanuts taste like peanuts no matter the receptacle." "They'd taste more elegant served out of a crystal bowl.

think I see the difference now, between loving someone from afar and loving someone up close. When you see them up close, you see the real them, but they also get to see the real you.

She always says people's names like I should already know who they are.

life. It all goes back to that one moment.

I think maybe I'm just tired of all this. This in-betweenness of being somebody's girlfriend but not really.

he's never looked at another girl quite like this. And then I'm in his arms, and we're hugging and kissing, and we're both shaking, because we both know – this is the night we become real.

No one can ever like anyone exactly the same.

Actually, it's thought to come from Greek mythology. According to Greek myths, dryads lived in trees, and people would invoke them for protection. Hence knocking on wood: just that added bit of protection so as not to tempt fate.

Love is scary: it changes; it can go away. That's part of the risk. I don't want to be scared anymore

Like different how?" I know I'm digging for a compliment, but I don't care.

There are certain outfits you have that make you feel good every time you wear them, and then there are outfits where you wore them too many times in a row because you liked them so much, and now they just feel like garbage. I'm looking at my closet now and everything looks like garbage.

Korea has the cutest stuff, you know.

Tu sais ce que ça fait, d'aimer quelqu'un à un point presque insupportable, tout en sachant que la personne en question t'aimera jamais ? Probablement pas. Les garçons comme toi n'ont pas ce genre de problèmes.

It's my gift and my curse.

She is resplendent.

He was marrying my girl, and I couldn't do anything about it.

How would I even know what that felt like? I'm seventeen, for God's sake." "Seventeen's not so young. A hundred years ago people got married when they were practically our age." "Yeah, that was before electricity and the Internet. A hundred years ago eighteen-year-old guys were out there fighting wars with bayonets and holding a man's life in their hands! They lived a lot of life by the time they were our age. What do kids our age know about love and life?

This is the time to just be young and celebrate and enjoy each other!" "Yes, within reason, of course.

Besides my family, you're the most special person to me in the world.

We drive in silence for a few minutes, and then, looking straight ahead, John says, "Did I even have a shot?" "I could fall in love with you so easily," I whisper. "I'm halfway there already." His Adam's apple bobs in his throat. "You're so perfect in my memory, and you're perfect now. It's like I dreamed you into being. Of all the boys, you're the one I would pick.

Curling your hair is an intrinsically hopeful act. I like to curl mine at night and think of all the things that could happen tomorrow.

How come you never dated anybody?" I shrug. "I don't know...because nobody ever asked?

I know we'll never be friends again, and I've made my peace with it.